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9 Law Firms
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S. Horowitz & Co.
S. Horowitz & Co. is Israel’s leading full-
service law firm, comprised of over
140 lawyers, among them 48 part-
ners, many of whom are multilingual and have
qualified and practiced as lawyers in the United
States, England and South Africa. S. Horowitz &
Co. provides the full range of legal services sought
after by international and domestic corporate and
commercial enterprises, financial institutions and
governmental bodies.
The firm is often instructed onmajor cross-border
and domestic transactions and proceedings that
require Israeli legal counsel.
S. Horowitz &Co. has been recognized as a leader
in its field in Israel by The European Legal 500,
Global Counsel 3000, Chambers Global Directory
and the IFLR 1000, and has been ranked as one
of the top leading firms in Israel by “PLC Which
Lawyer” consecutively.
Commercial Litigation/Dispute Resolution
S. Horowitz & Co. has been described by Cham-
bers Global as “without doubt, the best commer-
cial litigation law firm in Israel”.
The firm has a substantial Litigation Department
that has been involved inmany of themajor com-
mercial disputes that have arisen in Israel. The
firm regularly represents clients in complex, multi-
jurisdictional proceedings, acting and collaborat-
ing, where necessary, with foreign counsel.
Corporate Law
S. Horowitz & Co. regularly advises on the most
complex and high profile corporate transactions
taking place in Israel. The firm advises on a wide
spectrum of transactions, including mergers
and acquisitions, joint ventures, IPOs and sec-
ondary offerings, venture capital and corporate
governance.
Banking
S. Horowitz & Co. has one of the leading special-
ist banking practices in Israel. The firm advises
banks, financial institutions and borrowers on all
aspects of financings, secured and unsecured,
trade finance, asset finance, project finance, re-
ceivables financing and other alternative forms
of financing. The firm has acted for the banks
on most of the major domestic and international
syndicated financings in Israel.
Intellectual Property/Information Technology
With the largest dedicated intellectual property
group among the leading commercial law firms
in Israel, and having been described by the Euro-
pean Legal 500 as “a rare phenomenon in Israel,
a full-service firm offering a full range of services
in IP litigation, licensing and commercialization,
prosecution and enforcement”. S. Horowitz & Co.
advises on all aspects relating to the use, en-
forcement, licensing and protection of intellectual
property rights and is extensively involved in IP
and IT litigation.
Commercial Law
The firmadvises on the negotiation, drafting and
adaptation of all types of commercial contracts
covering a wide range of commercial activities,
including distribution agreements, franchise
agreements, manufacturing agreements, agen-
cy agreements, technology transfer agreements,
marketing and promotion agreements, defense
contracts, merchandising, and research and
development.
Project Finance
The firmhas extensive experience inmajor project
financings in various sectors, including electric-
ity, roads, light railways, tunnels, construction,
telecommunications and infrastructure.
Securities/Capital Markets
S. Horowitz & Co. advises on issuances of debt
securities and other instruments, international
offerings, securitizations and derivatives, and
also represents foreign underwriters in relation
to public offerings.
Anti-Trust
The firm advises clients on the anti-trust regula-
tory aspects of mergers and acquisitions, joint
ventures, strategic alliances, and the application
of Israeli anti-trust law to agreements that may
be considered under Israeli law to be restrictive
arrangements.
Tax
The firm’s tax practice offers broad expertise in
all aspects of business taxation, including in
connection with mergers, acquisitions and cor-
porate restructuring; joint ventures; real estate
transactions, capital markets and international
tax planning, in the areas of direct tax (income
tax and land appreciation tax), indirect tax (value
added tax and customs duties) and international
taxation.
Pharmaceutical Industry/Life Sciences
S. Horowitz & Co. represents both domestic and
international companies in the pharmaceutical
and life sciences sector, on contentious, regula-
tory, licensing and intellectual property issues.
Telecommunications and Media
The firmadvisesmobile phone operators, broad-
casters, cable franchisees, content providers,
satellite operators, service providers and finan-
ciers on all telecommunications corporate and
regulatory issues.
Commercial Property
The firm provides a full range of services in the
commercial property field, including: property
development, construction, property finance,
leasing and dealings with the Israel Lands
Authority.
Insurance and Product Liability
S. Horowitz & Co. advises insurance and rein-
surance companies in both contentious and
non-contentious matters and has significant ex-
perience also in Product Liability Law.
Employment Law/Employee Benefits
S. Horowitz & Co. provides its clients with advice
and ongoing legal counseling with respect to all
aspects of labor law, in drafting personal and
collective employment agreements as well as in
relation to personal and collective disputes con-
ducted in the relevant Labor Courts, the Supreme
Court, in arbitration andmediation. Moreover, the
firm handles class actions whose subject matter
concerns labor law. The firm also renders advice
to various corporations and organizations with
respect to their daily and ongoing conduct with
their employees, on personal and collective levels
and provides expert opinions to public and pri-
vate bodies on all aspects of labor law—whether
from a personal or collective aspect.
pa rt n e r s
Ruth Oren
Hugh Kowarsky
Yehoshua Horesh *
Alex Hertman *
Tal Band *
Shoshana Gavish
Ehud Arzi
Anthony Bloch
Avi Ordo
Avigail Kastiel
Amir Caspari
Clifford Davis
Eliya Zunz Koller
Michelle Liberman
Hagai Doron
Ran Vogel
Benjamin Sheffer
Mordehay Malca
Leor Nouman
Orit Yolles-Dabby
Eyal Doron
Dr. Asaf Rentsler
Phillip Waldoks
Amit Steinman
Pnina Sheffer-
Emmanuel
Ronen Brumer
Guy Firer
Dovev Apel
Ofir Pozner
Eran Bezalel
Ophir Kaplan
Noam Blei
Ohad Ben-Yehuda
Uriel Prinz
Moran Katz
Lior Mimon
Shay Gimelstein
Noa Glazer - Becher
Ran Feldman
Perah Rosler
Evyatar Azulay
Guy Wertheim
Shlomi Delgo
Gilad Katz
Shai Avnieli
Amir Assali
Noam Zamir
Gitit Levin Grinberg
Esta b l i s h e d
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L i n e o f B u s i n ess
Law Firm
31 Ahad Ha’am St., P.O.B 2499,
Tel Aviv 6520204
Tel: 972-3-5670700
Fax: 972-3-5660974
* See Top Executives Profiles - Page 582